[vox-tech] Massive network collisions

[Ryan]

This is normal. You can ignore this unless it's a bandwidth problem, in w=
hich=20
case, get a switch.

You will always have lots of collisions on a hub.

On Sunday 31 March 2002 02:00 pm, you wrote:
> I am expierancing a huge ammount of trasmission collisions on my home l=
an.
> Currently there have been 11,493 transmission errors and 304,565 collis=
ions
> after an uptime of only 2 days of uptime.  My linux box acts as a route=
r
> between our cable modem and the rest of the lan.
>
> The disto is Mandrake 8.2
> Kernel 2.4.18-6
> eth0 uses the Realtek 8139too driver and is connected to the lan
> eth1 uses the tulip driver and is connected to the cable modem
>
> On the other end I've got a Sony Vaio laptop also using a Realtek 8139
> built in network card running Windows XP Home.
>
> Inbetween them I've got a 10 Megabit hub.
>
> Anybody have any ideas of avenues I should look down to resolve the
> collisions?
>
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